[House  Bill,  No.     .] 

HOUSE  OF  REPRESENT  AVI  VES,  April  8,  1863.— Read  first 
and  second  times,  and  ordered  to  be  laid  on  the  table  and  printed. 

[By  Mr.  Chambliss,  from  Committee  on  Naval  Affairs.] 


A.   BILL 

To  distribute  bounty,  granted  as  a  reward  to  the  officers  and  men 
serving  on  board  of  the  Virginia,  Patrick  Henry,  Jamestown, 
Raleigh,  Beaufort  and  Teaser,  for  their  gallantry  and  courage  in 
the  naval  engagement  with  the  enemy's  vessels  in  Hampton  Roads, 
on  the  8th  and  9th  of  March,  1862. 

1  Section   1 .    The  Congress  of  the  Confederate  States  of  America  do 

2  enact,  That  the  sum  of  one  hundred  thousand  dollars  be,  and  the 

3  same  is  hereby,  directed  to  be  paid  to  the  officers  and  men  on  board 

4  the  Virginia,  Patrick  Henry,  Jamestown,  Raleigh,  Beaufort  and 

5  Teazer,  in  testimony  of  the  gratitude  of  their  country  for  their 

6  gallantry  in  the  naval  engagement  with   the  enemy  in   Hampton 

7  Roads,  on   8th    and  9th    March,  1862,  wherein   they   sunk   the 

8  "Cumberland,"  destroyed  the  "Congress"  and  several  smaller 

9  war  vessels,  and  seriously  damaged  the  Minnesota. 

1  Sec.  2.  That  the  above  mentioned  sum  shall  be  distributed  and 

2  paid  in  the  following  proportions  :  To  the  commanding  officer  of 


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3  the   squadron,  one  twentieth ;    to   officers  commanding  separate 

4  vessels,  two  twentieths  ;  to  masters,  (including  acting  masters,) 

5  lieutenants,  captains  of  marines  and  captains  of  volunteers,  one 

6  twentieth  and  half  a  twentieth ;  to  lieutenants  of  marines,  sur- 

7  geons,  assistant  surgeons,  paymasters,  boatswains,  gunners,  car- 
S  penters,  master's  mates  and  pilots,  one  , twentieth  and  half  a 
9  twentieth;  to  engineers,  one  twentieth  ;  to  midshipmen,  (including 

10  acting  midshipmen,)  captains'  clerks,  boatswains'  mates,  gunners' 

11  mates,  carpenters'  mates,  stewards,  sailmakers,  masters-at-arms, 

12  armorers,  cockswains  and  coopers,  three  twentieths  ;  to  yoemen, 

13  quartermasters,  quarter  gunners,  sailmakers'  mates,  corporals  of 

14  marines  and  volunteers,  and  extra  petty  officers,  two  twentieths; 

15  to   seamen,    ordinary    seamen,    marines,   volunteers,    landsmen, 

16  boys  and  all  others  doing  duty  on  board,  eight  twentieths. 

1  Sec.  3.  Be  it  further  enacted,  That  if  any  of  the  persons,  who 

2  were   on  board  of  either  of  the   vessels   above  mentioned,  were 

3  killed  in  the   engagement,  or  have   since  died ;  the  amounts  to 

4  which  they,  if  living,  would  be  respectively  entitled  under  this 

5  bill,  shall  be  paid  to  the  widow  of  the  deceased,  if  no  widow,  then 

6  to  the   children,  if  no  children,  then   to   the  father,  if  living,  if 

7  not  to  the  mother. 

1  Sec.  4.  Be  it  further  enacted,  That  the  claims  under  this  bill, 

2  shall  be  audited  under  the  directions  of  the   Secretary  of  the 

3  Navy,  and  paid  on  his  warrant. 


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